Discontinued fuel vehicles, why is it the first?

This day has finally come!

On April 3, just as the Chinese people were still on a public holiday, a heavy news suddenly came from the automotive industry -

BYD officially announced the suspension of the production of fuel vehicles, and will focus on EV pure electric and DM plug-in hybrids in the future.

ASD thus became the first traditional automobile company in the world to stop producing fuel vehicles.

The news was sudden and quickly triggered a wide range of heated discussions in the industry, and BYD did not reveal any obvious wind before.

But this news makes people feel that it is an inevitable thing, on the one hand, the development trend of the industry, on the other hand, everyone knows that if you want to say which domestic car company is the first to stop production of fuel vehicles, then the probability is BYD.

So, suddenly, it's just that the official announcement time is a bit sudden; and there is the world's first, which is also a bit of a surprise or surprise.

It's been a long-planned...

In fact, BYD's plan to discontinue fuel vehicles has been planned for a long time.

As early as many years ago, BYD has released the wind, will stop the production of fuel vehicles, focus on new energy, but at that time the time is not yet ripe, "forced" to pick up fuel vehicles again.

But it is also from then on that BYD has increased its efforts to invest in the research and development of new energy technologies, and has made more adequate technical and product preparations, only for the arrival of "this day".

Before by-one's official announcement on April 3, there were also traces.

Last year, BYD's sales soared, and among the 730093 passenger car sales in the whole year, new energy passenger cars accounted for a very high proportion, reaching 593745, accounting for 81.3%.

This trend is even more pronounced this year, with new energy passenger car sales accounting for 97.6% in January and 96.9% in February. The position of the fuel vehicle sector in BYD is becoming more and more insignificant.

In the March sales that BYD just announced, the fuel vehicle has disappeared.

Although BYD's passenger car sales reached a new high in March, breaking the 100,000-unit mark for the first time. However, the contributors are all its new energy vehicle series, EV pure electric, DM plug-in hybrid contributed to the sales of 53664 units and 50674 units respectively. The contribution of fuel vehicles is 0.

Therefore, BYD may have made a decision to stop production of fuel vehicles from the beginning of this year, or since last year. January-February this year is only to digest the inventory of fuel vehicles.

The official announcement on April 3 was just a natural decision.

Heaven and place...

Saying that BYD's decision came naturally, the development trend of the industry as an external factor is also a very important factor.

In the past two years, the new energy vehicle market has grown in a spurt, almost every new energy business has made a lot of profits, and almost every traditional car company is seeking new energy transformation. Everyone knows that new energy is the trend of the industry-

Because the requirements of environmental protection are becoming more and more urgent, it is a global consensus to achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality.

Because the "double carbon" strategic goal made by the state, the new development concept of innovation and green will surely lead the transformation of the automotive industry; only with the green and low-carbon cycle can we promote the sustainable development of society.

The vigorous development of the intelligent era also requires new energy vehicles to assume important responsibilities.

The seven consecutive rises in oil prices and the unbearable weight of the 9 yuan era have made more and more consumers turn their attention to new energy.

In fact, traditional car companies such as Volvo, Jaguar, Volkswagen, Audi, Ford, and Honda have already announced plans to stop production of fuel vehicles. It's just that their timeline is also as early as 2025, which is relatively earlier and more determined than BYD. Of course, it is not excluded that after BYD makes this decision, other car companies may advance the schedule.

Full of confidence...

Stopping production of fuel vehicles and focusing on new energy is a natural decision for BYD, in addition to the external factors of time and place, the most important thing is that BYD is ready, including technology, products and other aspects of reserves.

Over the years, BYD has been fully committed to the research and development of new energy vehicle technology, it can be said that BYD is the only automotive enterprise in the world that has mastered the core technology of new energy vehicles such as batteries, motors, and electronic controls, and provided one-stop new energy overall solutions.

Blade battery

DM-i super hybrid

e Platform 3.0

At the beginning of 2020, the "blade battery" was launched, and BYD ushered in a phoenix nirvana-style breakthrough. The release of DM-i super hybrid technology in January 2021 enabled BYD to achieve the strategy of "two legs and walking together" of DM plug-in hybrid and EV pure electricity, ushering in explosive growth.

Nowadays, it seems that blade batteries, DM-i super hybrids, and e-platform 3.0 have become the "troika" of BYD's core technology, driving BYD to run wildly towards new energy.

BYD Khan

BYD Don

In terms of product layout, the Han and Tang dynasties of the Dynasty series have broken through the ceiling of the industry with their high-end and intelligence, while the Dolphins and destroyers of the Qin, Song, Yuan and Ocean series have quickly leveraged the fuel market. BYD has formed a powerful matrix of new energy models.

Following last year's growth of 231.6%, BYD New Energy continued to maintain a high-speed growth trend this year, with an increase of more than 300% year-on-year in the first three months. Among them, DM plug-in and hybrid models sold 50,674 units in March, a year-on-year increase of 615.2%; EV pure electric models sold 53,664 units in March, an increase of 229.2% year-on-year.

In February this year, BYD's sales soared to the second place in the list of domestic car companies, breaking the competitive pattern that had been maintained by the joint venture brand for a long time. Among them, BYD Song ranked first in SUV sales, and BYD Qinlie sedan sales ranked fourth; BYD's new energy sales were far ahead, with a staggering share of 31.8%.

Such a dazzling new energy report card naturally makes BYD's decision to stop production of fuel vehicles full of confidence.

To add that although the complete fuel vehicle is discontinued, BYD will continue to produce and supply fuel vehicle parts, provide perfect service and after-sales guarantee for existing fuel vehicle customers, and supply spare parts throughout the life cycle. BYD's fuel vehicle customers do not need to worry.

BYD DESIGN

DM-p technology

epilogue

Stopped production of fuel vehicles, focusing on new energy, BYD is one step ahead of people, and the pulse of the development of the times is accurate. But BYD's decision does not mean that fuel vehicles will soon be eliminated, for a long time, fuel vehicles are still the mainstream of the automobile market, but BYD is more optimistic about the future of new energy.

At the same time, BYD will also continue to make efforts in new energy technologies and products, such as the DM-p technology that Han will adopt, and the high-end brands that are rumored to be on the market this year, and so on. Let's look forward to BYD's new "green" future!

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